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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1968-12-12 1991-08-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1990-05-16 1991-08-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-05-16 1991-08-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1990-05-16 1991-08-16
Organics, other Water-quality 1990-05-16 1991-08-16
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1979-10-23 1991-08-16
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1989-10-26 1990-11-02
n/a Site Visits 1984-08-30 1986-04-02
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04256480 is associated with a Stream in Herkimer County, New York. Water data back to 1968 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04256480 n/a
Site name
WOODS LAKE TRIBUTARY NR BIG MOOSE NY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 435217 n/a
DMS longitude 0745716 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.87138889 n/a
Decimal longitude -74.9544444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Herkimer County 043
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BIG MOOSE, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2025 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04150101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
0.12 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a